drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: That white Bongo is one of my favourite basses on Basschat. It does remind me of something else though... Thanks - it does draw admiring comments when I take it to a gig (which is very very rare!!) And absolutely - I remember standard daleks, red ones and the black Dalek but don’t recall those - they’re excellent!! I somewhat got away with it Saturday night - the neck plus headstock is quite long and I bashed it a couple of times - thankfully no headstock chip!! (Talk about a long bass, I can barely reach the D string to tune it when on a strap 🥴 no problem playing it though!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: @drTStingray love that sabre Agree, that Sabre looks killer 🤩 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: @drTStingray love that sabre Thanks @AndyTravis I’ve had a few unsolicited offers to buy it - I’ve never been able to get it confirmed but i think it may be unique and if not, super rare. It has a mahogany body and a very early version of the roasted maple neck. Some day, if one crops up, I might get a 30th Anniversary Ray - they also have a mahogany body - but few and far between with the original case etc on the used market these days. What is a bit odd about the purchase of that bass is I tried to get a Diego blue one but S and T had one of every colour in the U.K. EXCEPT that one!! A few months later EBMM announced the Neptune blue PDN offering - so I immediately ordered the Sabre - couldn’t be happier about it in every way 😀 Edited March 21, 2022 by drTStingray 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Just now, drTStingray said: Thanks @AndyTravis I’ve had a few unsolicited offers to buy it - I’ve never been able to get it confirmed but i think it may be unique and if not, super rare. It has a mahogany body and a very early version of the roasted maple neck. Some day, if one crops up, I might get a 30th Anniversary Ray - they also have a mahogany body - but few and far between with the original case etc on the used market these days. It quite likely is the only one. I've done a lot of digging and I only came across this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said: It quite likely is the only one. I've done a lot of digging and I only came across this one. Scott Ball said he didn’t recall them making many!! Station Music had a Sterling in this spec a few years back - I think that was probably unique as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 minute ago, drTStingray said: Scott Ball said he didn’t recall them making many!! Station Music had a Sterling in this spec a few years back - I think that was probably unique as well. BFR Neptune Blue? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 minute ago, drTStingray said: Scott Ball said he didn’t recall them making many!! Station Music had a Sterling in this spec a few years back - I think that was probably unique as well. Pro Music Tools had both a PDN Neptune Blue Stingray 4HH and a Stingray 4HS, but no Bongo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorshowbass Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 +1 on the Sabre tooth stinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 21:26, AndyTravis said: Just played mine for 30 mins - lovely thing - still want to do some tweaks. must admit - that neck humbucker and 24 frets…right in the way 🙄 I have to work around it They take a little bit of getting used to with the 24 feet neck - I sometimes used to find myself getting a little lost above say 14th/15th fret - partially because of being unaccustomed to the extra length of neck above 12th fret. In terms of slapping, I play several songs which have it - I’ve now mastered doing this on a two pick up Musicman bass and of course the Bongos are both fives, which add another complexity. The single H Stingray is, of course, a monster bass for slapping and so much room available to do it - I think it’s really a matter of practice getting used to doing it on an HH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said: Pro Music Tools had both a PDN Neptune Blue Stingray 4HH and a Stingray 4HS, but no Bongo! This was for sale at guitar guitar a while ago 🤦🏻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: BFR Neptune Blue? BFR Neptune Blue Sabre - they were mostly Bongos and Stingrays - a guy in the US contacted me as he has a Classic Stingray in BFR Neptune blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, drTStingray said: They take a little bit of getting used to with the 24 feet neck - I sometimes used to find myself getting a little lost above say 14th/15th fret - partially because of being unaccustomed to the extra length of neck above 12th fret. In terms of slapping, I play several songs which have it - I’ve now mastered doing this on a two pick up Musicman bass and of course the Bongos are both fives, which add another complexity. The single H Stingray is, of course, a monster bass for slapping and so much room available to do it - I think it’s really a matter of practice getting used to doing it on an HH. I’ve been working on it - can manage it much more since that video. I don’t even slap that much in the band 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 1 minute ago, AndyTravis said: I’ve been working on it - can manage it much more since that video. I don’t even slap that much in the band 😂 For me it’s so embarrassing if I’m playing a song with bits of slap in, and because I’m using a bass I’m less accustomed to, my accuracy goes to pieces - I think it’s just practice but using any sort of 5 string has sometimes made me have that feeling of panic!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) For anyone with an orange Bongo, the pg on mine is an OE one, back in the days when they offered a lot of variants - the swirls are orange and black - called tiramisu, I think they’re still available from Chandler (Pickguard Planet) in the US - they are EBMM’s supplier - must get a new black one for my Sabre - current one is heavily scuffed from use!!! PS you can get cheap Stingray pgs on the internet but judging by the standard of a white pearl one that came on a used 1993 Blueburst Stingray I bought (the pg delaminated within a few months) it’s worth paying the extra for a decent one IMHO. Edited March 22, 2022 by drTStingray 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I always thought the orange and tangerine Bongo would’ve looked great with black hardware 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, ern500evo said: I always thought the orange and tangerine Bongo would’ve looked great with black hardware Yeah agree - maybe we’ll see an LE one sometime - unfortunately at an eye watering price I guess 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, drTStingray said: Yeah agree - maybe we’ll see an LE one sometime - unfortunately at an eye watering price I guess 😂 No doubt! Looking at prices now, it’s staggering that I paid about £1250 for my 4HS Stealth brand new! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, ern500evo said: I always thought the orange and tangerine Bongo would’ve looked great with black hardware Yes, that would look very tempting indeed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 18/03/2022 at 23:23, drTStingray said: What happened to the pink keyboard featured in profile pic, @ped Found it, just for you 😘 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 5 hours ago, ped said: Found it, just for you 😘 Thank heavens for that!! Forum software glitch??? 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) On 22/03/2022 at 12:28, ern500evo said: No doubt! Looking at prices now, it’s staggering that I paid about £1250 for my 4HS Stealth brand new! They’ve not been that price new since the 2000s - that’s 20 yrs ago 😀!! Seems amazing, I know. I bought a new SR5 in 2003 for £1295 - at the same time I was considering an immaculate Inca silver 77 pre Ernie Ball Stingray at the Bass Centre - previously owned by a famous musician - it was £1700 - there are only around 130 Inca silver pre EB instruments recorded in the CLF days. However a good portion of the price hike on new instruments has been since the world has gone a bit mad, over the last couple of years. Edited March 23, 2022 by drTStingray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 minute ago, drTStingray said: They’ve not been that price new since the 2000s - that’s 20 yrs ago 😀!! Seems amazing, I know. I bought a new SR5 in 2003 for £1295 - at the same time I was considering an immaculate Inca silver 77 pre Ernie Ball at the Bass Centre - previously owned by a famous musician - it was £1700. However a good portion of the price hike on new instruments has been since the world has gone a bit mad, over the last couple of years. I bought it in 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, ern500evo said: I bought it in 2014! The normal new price of say, a Musicman Classic Sabre at this time was circa £2k so I would expect a Bongo to be similar, unless very very NOS on clearance reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, drTStingray said: The normal new price of say, a Musicman Classic Sabre at this time was circa £2k so I would expect a Bongo to be similar, unless very very NOS on clearance reduction. The 4 string Bongo in the stealth finish was averaging at around £1850 at most retailers. I trawled the internet for days. Even to the point of speaking with Beaver Felton in the US about the possibility of giving him a holding deposit so that a friend could collect it for me while on holiday the following month. Then I came across an ad for a shop in the Netherlands who had some Bongos on their website, but not a Stealth. I emailed and asked by any chance did they have a Stealth 4 string in stock, and got a swift reply saying they only had one and it was a 4HS. I asked the price, including shipping, taxes etc and it was £1250 for the bass plus shipping. He got me a fixed quote and it came in at around £1285 all in. I ordered it on the Tuesday and and it was on my doorstep by Thursday morning Edited March 23, 2022 by ern500evo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Excellent - and pre Brexit 🥴 bargains are often possible with luck and perseverance!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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